Rozita Dara

Dr. Dara is the associate professor and the Director of Data Management and Privacy Governance research program at the University of Guelph. Her research interest includes applied artificial intelligence and data governance with a particular focus on  digital agriculture.  Dr. Dara is also the Data Strategy Director at the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance working on smart farm data governance and platforms. Since joining the University of Guelph, she has been spearheading several initiatives related to digital agri-food including agri-food data platforms,  agriculture data trust frameworks (privacy, policy, and confidentiality),  and automation in agri-food practices. Dr. Dara currently has several ongoing research projects in the areas of livestock disease modelling,  agri-food data privacy and confidentiality,  and food traceability including data standardization and interoperability.